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  larktalk · Member · Feb 5, 2014 at 3:04 am

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  Comments aren’t visible on the published blog – how do I turn them on so that people can see a discussion?

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Feb 5, 2014 at 3:42 am

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  You cannot see comments on your front / home page. They are visible when a reader looks at individual posts.

  Homepage: http://larktalk.wordpress.com/
  no comments visible, though under posts with comments you’ll see the date and number of comments made on that post:
  on “A remake of an old favourite”

  January 16, 2014 § 7 Comments

  Clicking on that post, then readers will see the comments below your article.

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  larktalk · Member · Feb 5, 2014 at 4:12 am

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  Thanks – so it’s on a blog by blog basis?

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  1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Feb 7, 2014 at 4:03 am

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  Yes, the comments are only visible when a reader looks at a single post. Your front/homepage shows your most recent posts, but the comments themselves won’t appear.

  Think about this: if comments for your individual posts were to appear on the front/homepage, and if you had perhaps 20 comments on each of your posts (or 200 comments!!!), then your front/homepage would be impossibly long. It would be very difficult for your readers to find your posts to read your latest updates.

  You could use a “recent comments” widget to highlight what your readers are currently talking about: http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/recent-comments-widget/